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Welcome to Zoopla’s Property News page, where you can keep up-to-date with everything from house prices and mortgage rates, to property hotspots and celebrity moves. As Zoopla is always watching the market, we’ll pull out the most colourful (and curious) homes to write about here too.
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Revealed: the least affordable cities to own a home
March 26, 2016Home affordability across the UK's cities has hit its worst level in eight years, according to Lloyds Bank.
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Apartments 'earn' their owners £1,000 a MONTH
March 25, 2016Apartment prices have outperformed all other property types in the UK, jumping by more than £86k since 2008.
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Ringo Starr’s childhood home goes under the hammer - for just £55k
March 24, 2016The Beatles’ drummer lived at the two-bedroom terraced house for 20 years until he got hitched.
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House prices jump £4,000 in January to hit new record high
March 22, 2016The average cost of a home in the UK reached £291,504, according to ONS.
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6 property-related takeaways from the 2016 Budget
March 16, 2016The Chancellor, George Osborne delivered his 2016 Budget today. But what was in it for property?
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Downsizers in line for £117k windfall
March 12, 2016Nearly half of all homeowners thinking of moving within the next three years plan to downsize, says Lloyds Bank.
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Number of Help to Buy home sales hits 150,000
March 10, 2016And in a major boost to the regions, 95% of Help to Buy completions took place outside of London.
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Second home Stamp Duty hike set to put brakes on housing market
March 10, 2016The housing market, both prices and the number of sales, is expected to cool when the new 3% Stamp Duty surcharge kicks in this April, says RICS.
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Average house prices hold steady at £197k
March 3, 2016The average cost of a UK home edged ahead by 0.3% in February, according to Nationwide.
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First-time buyer salaries soar 41% ahead of average earnings
March 1, 2016The gap between average earnings and first-time buyer salaries has now hit a post-recessional high.
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Property drought continues as supply hits 14-year low
February 29, 2016The gulf between supply and demand has widened as landlords swarm the market, according to NAEA.
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Supply of rental homes dives to 12-month low
February 25, 2016Stepping on to the property ladder is set to become even more difficult as demand for rental homes allows landlords to increase rents.
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Mortgage lending rockets at its fastest pace in 8 years
February 24, 2016The surge in lending has been partly driven by investors trying to beat the Stamp Duty hike, according to the BBA.
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One in FOUR homes ‘earn’ more than their owners
February 23, 2016And the biggest gulf between rising house prices and take-home pay is in Three Rivers, Hertfordshire.